 | 1861 - 624 pages
...of the people of Virginia, de" clare and make known that the powers granted under the Consti" tution being derived from the people of the United States,...whensoever the same shall be perverted to their " injury and oppression, and that every power not granted thereby " remains with them, and at their will : &c."... | |
 | Social sciences - 1861 - 774 pages
...the right of withdrawal, they contented themselves with proclaiming a very self-evident truism : ' That the powers granted under the Constitution being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury and oppression ;' which means simply that the... | |
 | Edward Everett - Fourth of July celebrations - 1861 - 52 pages
...the act of ratification. That preamble declares it to be an "impression" of the people of Virginia, that the powers granted under the constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression. The ordinance of secession passed... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - History - 1861 - 36 pages
...perpetual law, was in all cases absolute. The language of Virginia was most explicit on this point. " The powers granted under the constitution, "being...people of the United States^ may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." That the people of the United... | |
 | John Lothrop Motley - Secession - 1861 - 38 pages
...perpetual law, was in all cases absolute. The language of Virginia was most explicit on this point. " The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression." That the people of the United... | |
 | Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...suspend the operation of the constitution as to itself; but the language of Virginia was explicit. " The powers granted under the constitution, being derived...people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury and oppression." There are times and there are... | |
 | Missouri. Convention - History - 1861 - 336 pages
...duly lected, &c., &c., do, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, delare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression," &c., &c You... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 pages
...the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression,...not granted thereby remains with them, and at their wiH. That, therefore, no right of any denomination can be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified... | |
 | John Welsford Cowell - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 118 pages
...decide thereon, DO, in their name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression ; and that every power not granted... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 602 pages
...decide ihereon, DO, in their name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being...people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression ; and that every power not granted... | |
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Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression... 
